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Three Amherst College Alumni in the Military or Intelligence to Participate in a Panel Discussion about Service Feb. 26

February 17, 2010

AMHERST, Mass.—Amherst College will host a panel discussion among three alumni in the military or intelligence titled “From Campus to Country: Why We Serve” on Friday, Feb. 26, at 4:30 p.m. in Cole Assembly Room of the college’s Converse Hall.

Author of Book on U.S. Economy, Three Amherst College Alumni in Finance to Discuss the Financial Crisis Feb. 11

January 22, 2010

AMHERST, Mass.—On Thursday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m. in Cole Assembly Room of Amherst College’s Converse Hall, the school will host a panel discussion on the causes, consequences and lessons of the financial crisis with three prominent alumni in finance, as well as Robert Pozen, chairman of MFS Investment Management and author of Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System.

Mystery Date

The lobby of Converse Hall looks different tonight. The area near the elevator has been roped off as an “archeological dig site.” Fliers on the walls and columns feature slogans such as Aliens are People, Too and Human? Alien? Questioning? Fine by me. Students are eating pizza and mingling with, among others, a sad clown in a rainbow wig. I’m not yet sure what all this means. What I do know is that Converse will soon become the scene of a deadly crime.

Daniel Hall To Speak about “Thom Gunn in America” April 27

April 16, 2001Director of Media Relations413/542-8417 AMHERST, Mass.--Poet Daniel Hall, a visiting writer at Amherst College, will talk about "Form and Freedom: Thom Gunn in America" on Friday, April 27 at 4 p.m. in Porter Lounge in Converse Hall at the college. This talk is sponsored by the Friends of the Amherst College Library.

“Life Under Communism,” As Told By Professors Who Lived It, April 30

April 16, 2001Director of Media Relations413/542-8417 AMHERST, Mass. - Ten years after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, five college professors who once lived under various kinds of communist rule in Eastern Europe, Asia and the Americas will discuss their experiences on Monday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Cole Assembly Room in Converse Hall at Amherst College.

Diplomats Robert and Margaret Pearson To Speak April 2

March 14, 2001Director of Media Relations413/542-8417 AMHERST, Mass.—Ambassador W. Robert Pearson and his wife, Margaret Pearson, a senior United States Foreign Service officer, will discuss U.S. diplomatic, economic and cultural relations with Turkey on Monday, April 2 at 4 p.m. in Porter Lounge in Converse Hall at Amherst College. The event, sponsored by the Program in European Studies, is free and open to the public.